BVB sweating over Kobel: goalkeeper forced to leave training camp | OneFootball

Before the second half of the season starts, Borussia Dortmund has to worry about their first-choice goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. The Swiss player left the training camp due to illness, and his participation in Frankfurt is uncertain.

Borussia Dortmund has to worry about their first-choice goalkeeper before the Bundesliga starts the new year. Gregor Kobel has left BVB's training camp in Marbella according to information from Bild due to illness. The 28-year-old departed on Wednesday and is therefore temporarily unavailable to the team.

In the days prior, Kobel had not trained with the team but had only completed individual sessions. Initially, the club cited load management measures, but now he has left for health reasons. Whether the keeper will be fit in time for the second half opener against Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday evening (8:30 PM) is uncertain.

To keep the training operations running smoothly, the club reacted immediately and brought U23 goalkeeper Silas Ostrzinski to Spain. The 22-year-old already participated in the professional team's training on Wednesday morning.

Will BVB keeper Kobel be fit in time for Frankfurt?

A potential absence of Kobel would hit BVB hard sportingly. This season, Dortmund has shown defensive stability and, with only twelve goals conceded so far, is among the best defenses in the league – not least thanks to their goalkeeper, who has repeatedly convinced as a support and match-winner.

Even during the training camp, Kobel had emphasized the team's ambitions: “We have a very good starting position, and it can also encourage us that we have already collected this number of points. We must continue what has made us strong. In certain areas, we want to improve further. The important thing in my eyes is that we give everything to get the maximum out, to improve as a team. And then we will see what it is enough for.”

Whether Kobel can actively pursue these goals on the field again on Friday will be decided in the coming days. Until then, BVB mainly has one thing: hope for a quick recovery of their number one.

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